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Representative Proposes Repeal of Gun-Free School Zone Act
Gun Watch ^ | 6 March, 2018 | Dean Weingarten

Posted on 03/05/2018 11:14:11 AM PST by marktwain


Congressman Thomas Massie has proposed repealing the controversial federal ban on guns within a thousand feet of a school. From cnsnews.com:

Massie said the solution to school shootings is putting more than one armed guard at school or allowing teachers to be armed, adding that “98 percent of mass public shootings happen in a gun free zone.”

“And we’ve labeled all of our schools as gun free zones. We need to take those labels off, and put our kids in that two percent category of being safe, instead of being in that 98 percent vulnerable category,” he said.

Massie said his bill, the Safe Students Act (H.R. 34), has the support of Columbine survivor Evan Todd.

Congressman Massie (R-KY) is right about an important fact. School shootings increased after federal gun bans were passed.

The 1990 Gun Free School Zone Act (GFSZA) was a ban on guns within a thousand feet of school. It effectively banned the carry of guns in most cities and towns. The 1996 GFSZA act included a minor change that exempted people with concealed carry permits. The 1994 Gun Free School act gave incentives for schools to ban guns inside the schools.

What caused the increase in mass murder in schools? There are two likely possibilities. The gun bans make the schools inviting targets. Potential mass murderers know that they can kill more people without armed opposition. The number they kill is important, because they want fame.

The second factor is the copycat effect. Fame gives societal misfits a pseudo-immortality in celebrity. Celebrity is valued about all other things in our popular culture. Potential mass murderers who are unhinged, poorly integrated into society, and considering suicide, see an option to leave the life they hate while achieving celebrity status.

The media loved the restrictions. The establishment media use school shootings to push for more gun bans, restrictions on gun ownership and use. The media  give coverage to school shootings all out of proportion to the number of people killed.  The coverage gives future mass murderers incentive to kill large numbers of people and "break the record".

Congressman Massie is working to bring to the debate a factor ignored by the elite media for decades.  School shootings shot up after the federal gun bans were passed, not before they took effect.

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TOPICS: Education; Government; History; Politics
KEYWORDS: 2ndamendment; banglist; gunfreezone; kentucky; law; nra; schoolzone; secondamendment; thomasmassie
Mass murder at schools shot up after the federal gun bans were passed.
1 posted on 03/05/2018 11:14:12 AM PST by marktwain
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To: marktwain
Mass murder at schools shot up after the federal gun bans were passed.

Nyuk nyuk nyuk!

2 posted on 03/05/2018 11:18:34 AM PST by rjsimmon (The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
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To: marktwain

Excellent! I just called my congress critter and asked him to cosponser it.


3 posted on 03/05/2018 11:19:09 AM PST by Basket_of_Deplorables (SEDITION! Obama DOJ colluded to try overthrow the President!)
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To: marktwain

It’s about time! GFSZ’s only give a false sense of security, when in fact they create an enhanced victim zone.


4 posted on 03/05/2018 11:19:41 AM PST by CarmichaelPatriot
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To: marktwain

5 posted on 03/05/2018 11:20:30 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (<img src="http://i.imgur.com/WukZwJP.gif" width=800>)
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To: marktwain
Mass murder at schools shot up after the federal gun bans were passed.

Mass murder at schools shot up (no pun intended?) after video games like Doom, Grand Theft Auto, and other FPS became popular.

Correlation does not prove causation.. (The FPS I play is called Combat Arms.)

6 posted on 03/05/2018 11:21:11 AM PST by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: Yo-Yo

Correlation does not prove causation.

But it is very hard to have causation without correlation.


7 posted on 03/05/2018 11:23:10 AM PST by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
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To: marktwain

The signs are not deterring the bad guys, now, are they?


8 posted on 03/05/2018 11:24:17 AM PST by Yaelle
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To: marktwain

Finally some common sense! You can’t virtue-signal and call a school a gun-free zone unless you can back it up with armed men and equipment, like an airport or courthouse. If you are not willing to put a window sticker on your house that says you are gun-free, then why would you do this to our kids?!?


9 posted on 03/05/2018 11:27:50 AM PST by jimmygrace
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To: marktwain
The original intent of the gun free school zone laws was to provide for additional punishment for those accused of committing a crime involving a firearm while on or near a school.

It's also one of the first charges bargained away by a prosecutor in a plea deal, so it isn't enforced against the intended gang-banger community.

The federal law also does't apply to CCW holders, in which case state law takes over. Many CCW friendly states allow Concealed carry when on campus to pickup or drop off students, as long as the holder remains in the car, which is more than the Post Office allows.

And as you may know, our mutual home state of Michigan, because of the wording of the state statute, allows open carry on school grounds and in school buildings by those with CCW permits, but prohibits concealed carry.

Frankly, repealing the gun free school zone law at the federal level will do nothing to change the individual state laws on the books.

You want to do something constructive? Get at least parking lot storage at Post Offices passed. It is ridiculous that CCW holders can't even lock their guns in their cars while they go into the Post Office.

That's something Trump can do with a stroke of his Executive Order pen.

10 posted on 03/05/2018 11:39:33 AM PST by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: Yo-Yo

The original intent of the gun free school zone laws was to provide for additional punishment for those accused of committing a crime involving a firearm while on or near a school.


No, I don’t think so. The original intent was to make legal carry of gun impossible in just about every city in the country.

You want to do something constructive? Get at least parking lot storage at Post Offices passed. It is ridiculous that CCW holders can’t even lock their guns in their cars while they go into the Post Office.


http://gunwatch.blogspot.com.au/2016/11/how-president-trump-can-defang-federal.html

AG Sessions should declare that legally bearing arms for self defense is a lawful purpose.


11 posted on 03/05/2018 11:46:50 AM PST by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
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To: marktwain

Highly recommended to send to everyone,as in everybody in your social circle aka Address Book virtual or other.

2/3 of mine will delete b4 even taking a peek and they are the ones with young kids..As me dear ole Maw ustah say, “Go Figure”?

As I say “F’em”


12 posted on 03/05/2018 11:50:01 AM PST by CGASMIA68
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To: marktwain
AG Sessions should declare that legally bearing arms for self defense is a lawful purpose.


13 posted on 03/05/2018 11:53:29 AM PST by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: marktwain

A voice of reason rises from the wilderness ...


14 posted on 03/05/2018 12:10:46 PM PST by so_real ( "The Congress of the United States recommends and approves the Holy Bible for use in all schools.")
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To: Yo-Yo

“Mass murder at schools shot up after the federal gun bans were passed.”

I don’t think that’s supposed to mean that the bans caused the shootings, but only that the bans failed in their intended purpose of stopping them.


15 posted on 03/05/2018 12:22:12 PM PST by dsc (Our system of government cannot survive one party control of communications.)
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To: jimmygrace
If you are not willing to put a window sticker on your house that says you are gun-free, then why would you do this to our kids?!?

I remember seeing a post, and picture of a yard sign, on FR some time ago that reflected this sentiment and brought forth a chuckle of mirth, to wit (and I paraphrase:)

"This property is protected by supporters of the 2nd Amendment and ardent Bearers of firearms. Those with felonious intent are herewith warned that confrontations with the homeowners will be met with appropriate force. However,
<---- the property next door is a gun free zone.
Enjoy..."

16 posted on 03/05/2018 12:39:34 PM PST by Thommas (The snout of the camel is in the tent..)
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To: marktwain

Gun Free= Free Fire Zone


17 posted on 03/05/2018 2:04:37 PM PST by Tuketu (The Dim Platform is splinters bound by crazy glue. TRUMP is the solvent.)
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To: marktwain

Now that is real courage. Hear hear.


18 posted on 03/05/2018 3:04:07 PM PST by The Pack Knight
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